Saturday, September 19, 2009

Backyard visitor

My daughter saw this snapper turtle walking through our backyard during lunch one day. I sprang across the grass to capture him with my camera lens for my blog.

16 comments:

Anonymous said...

Am I correct in thinking that these can be quite dangerous? Only if you tickle it under its chin I suppose...

Where was it headed?

Unknown said...

What a nice visitor! Turtles are so cool!

B SQUARED said...

Did you use a "slow" speed?

Rob Siemann said...

I understand you had to hurry...

Gunn said...

Did your daughter adopt the turtle?? :-)

Unknown said...

Awe! I had a turtle when I was a little girl.

marley said...

Great photo. Luck your daughter had her eyes peeled!

Lowell said...

You "sprang"? Heh. Heh. Reminds me of the turtle and the hare. Are you the guy the turtle looked at and asked, "What hair, er...hare?"

Lois said...

He's cute! Did he snap at you?

Sachin said...

aaaaaahhh mercy.. those snappers. i remember one wild snapped at a pals hand..oops that hurts really bad.. snap snap snap...

nice shot. always love those backyard intruders..

Unseen Rajasthan said...

Nice shot !! So beautiful tortoise ! Great..Unseen Rajasthan

Zyzzyz said...

What a fine visitor.

Allison said...

Butler, the ever knowledgeable fauna expert, would like to correct you and say that the turtle is not a snapper, rather a northern painted turtle. He's just sayin'.

VP said...

Hard to catch, but it is worth the effort!

Anonymous said...

I love turtle, They are harmless animals.

valeria said...

Wow, at first sight I thought it was a brass sculpure...